By Kristin Robinson Senior Writer Universal Music Group and Spotify have struck a new direct deal, impacting both the company’s recorded music and publishing royalty rates, the companies ...

The new publishing agreement establishes a direct license between Spotify and Universal Music Publishing Group. By Zoe G. Phillips Spotify and Universal Music Group announced a new multiyear deal ...

Five days ago, Spotify disputed a report that Apple Music pays artists more than double compared to Spotify’s average rates. In completely unrelated news, Spotify has published a blog post ...

Do you think you know everything there is to know about the top music streaming service on the planet? Think again! While many Spotify users are familiar with creating playlists and using the ...

Spotify wants to see 1 billion people paying for streaming music, double the more than 500 million customers who currently subscribe to Spotify and its competitors. In Spotify’s view ...

All the way back in 2021, Spotify confirmed that a new tier of its music streaming service with high fidelity audio output was in development. Four years laters, that aural nirvana is still ...

Update 2:50 p.m. ET: Added statement from Spotify spokesperson to the end. The report focuses on 2024 payouts, and shows how big players like Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, and more compare with ...

the world's biggest music label, and Swedish streaming giant Spotify (SPOT.N), opens new tab have reached a new multi-year agreement for recorded music and music publishing, they said on Sunday.

While terms of the deal were not announced, sources confirm to Variety that the deal improves at least some of the payment structure of Spotify’s controversial music-audiobooks “bundling ...

The Billboard Global Music Index rose 3.5% to a record ... By Glenn Peoples Investors are betting there’s more gas in Spotify’s tank as the streaming company’s stock price reached an all ...

Spotify has already been moving away from curated playlists towards AI-powered personalisation: algorithmically compiled streams of music optimised for the circumstances of the individual listener.

As Spotify's reach continues to grow, musicians and journalists alike have been debating the effects of the streaming economy that the music platform helped create. We've included some highlights ...